Dynamic Analysis of Farmer Household Model Production Specialization

doi:10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb16080086

Abstract

Abstract: In agriculture, well-defined labor division has not been constructed, and farmers still dominate as the mainstay in production. In order to study the mode of farmer household production, this paper used dynamic analysis methods from a production point of view. Firstly, farmers’production would be divided into labor- intensive and capital- intensive of farmers, and hence specialized division could be achieved. The optimal control theory and Bellman equation were adopted to analyze the optimal growth path under specialized production, the selection behavior of farmers in dynamic production process, and the reasons why the mode of farmers household production could not be specialized from the angle of factor supplying. It concluded that the farmers’specialized production was the optimal path to realize the optimal resource allocation. And unemployment risk of specialized production was the main limited factor leading to the outcome that farmers were unable to come to the specialization of producer in the two factors as labor and capital.

胡可嘉 and . Dynamic Analysis of Farmer Household Model Production Specialization[J]. Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin, 2017, 33(12): 153-158.

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